Albert Einstein and the new Berlin-Brandenbourg International Airport

 Facts and Opinion.   “Yedioth Ahronot”. published yesterday (6.24.08) on his Hebrew printed edition: “Berlin considering to name it’s new international airport ‘Albert Einstein’ “.To be more...

A Storehouse of Greenhouse Gases Is Opening in Sibera

"In the permafrost bottom of the 200-meter-deep sea, enormous stores of gas hydrates lie dormant in mighty frozen layers of sediment. The carbon content of the ice-and-methane mixture here is estimated at 540 billion tons. "This submarine hydrate was considered stable until...

Sleep more to slim down, scientists say

Over the past many years there has been a steady stream of research that has concluded, over and over again, that lots of things go wrong when we don't get enough sleep. Here's a fact that many people don't know: The...

Hirsi Ali Returns to the Netherlands after Losing Body Guards

"Hirsi Ali Returns to the Netherlands after Losing Body Guards Former Dutch legislator and Islam critic Hirsi Ali has been under state-funded protection since extremists began threatening her life in 2004. Now the Dutch government has said it won't pay for her protection if...

How a Film Triggered a Global Panic

"How a Film Triggered a Global Panic By Henryk M. Broder It is the kind of stunt that has many fearing the worst: Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders plans to release a film about Islam. Politicians worldwide are...

'The Cartoon Must Not Be Used Against Muslims as a Whole'

" Prophet Muhammad with a time bomb in his turban: That is how the film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders begins. The Danish cartoonist responsible for the drawing explains to Spiegel Online why he wants his drawing...

The Redevelopment of a City is an Art

"Charles Landry, 58, is considered one of the world's leading urban researchers and is the author of "The Creative City." He talks to SPIEGEL about how cities can harness their inhabitants' skills so they show up on the international radar and the German tendency to make...

Chinese Hackers Target German Gov. Computers

 "Again the Chinese playing games. Berlin - Chinese hackers have infiltrated German government computers with spy programmes, the news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday. The report said the malicious...

Lawyers taking Rumsfeld war crimes case to Spain after German rejection

"Lawyers taking Rumsfeld war crimes case to Spain after German rejection by Joshua Pantesco Global Research, April 29, 2007 The JuristGerman lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck [profile] says that he will refile a war crimes complaint [CCR press release] against former US Secretary of...

Book role based on county businessman

"THRILLER writer Frederick Forsyth has revealed one of the main characters in his new book is named after a Northamptonshire businessman. Before the publication of The Afghan in August, Mr Forsyth gave fans the chance to bid for the right to have their names included in the...

"Capitalism Has Only Hurt Latin America"

"Bolivia's President Evo Morales, 46, talks to DER SPIEGEL about reform plans for his country, socialism in Latin America, and the often tense relations of the region's leftists with the United States. "

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...

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